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musician, scholar, assistant professor of music theory

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is a violinist just the most violin?

(this joke works better spoken than read)

12.12.2025 17:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking about Babysitter Skipper, the toy that made me feel peak happiness in the 90s. Something about the fantasy of Being Responsible thrilled my 6-year old self. Plus the commercial had a great song.

09.12.2025 18:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if you never come to office hours, you will never complete the office hours side quest, that's just standard game design

27.11.2025 00:29 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

what the euck

22.11.2025 19:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

well you gotta have sol

22.11.2025 19:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wanna go to a party where the DJ spins nothing but nu metal ballads

22.11.2025 19:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

ran out of laundry sauce and my spouse and I both bought some, so now we have too much and it's weighing down the shelf, isn't that romantic

19.11.2025 14:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

that plenary sesh was major

18.11.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I would like to go to a renaissance fair but the time and place we recreate would be the 2019 conference of the Society for Music Theory in Columbus, OH, that was lit

18.11.2025 13:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Me: chatGPT is awful, I prefer Real Human writing with MISTAKES in it to this boring steely grey robot text

Also Me: cannot leave a post up with a typo, must text a *correction for any misspelling, still sad about a grammatical error in something I published 2 years ago

17.11.2025 19:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Call for Presentations Call for Presentations: 29th Annual Graduate Students in Music (GSIM) Conference The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) The students of the Department of Music at The Graduate Cent…

gsim.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/10/10/c...

10.11.2025 15:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The CFP is linked below and I encourage all of my graduate student colleagues to apply. The conference theme is β€œMusic of, by, and for the People.” We have so much to talk about this year and it would be great to connect in the Big Apple.

10.11.2025 15:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m looking forward to delivering the keynote at the 29th Annual Graduate Students in Music (GSIM) Conference at The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) on March 6-7, 2026. What an honor to be invited to speak at this esteemed venue with the next generation of music scholars.

10.11.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome! I teach Aural Skills 1 and 2 for the most part, plus some jolly grad seminars like Pedagogy of Theory, Pop Analysis, and Music Since 1945. I love my job :)

04.11.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

next year's halloween costume / every day of the year πŸ‘»

04.11.2025 18:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

perhaps a music supposition

04.11.2025 18:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

are you sure? he can S (slide)

31.10.2025 00:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

so true

31.10.2025 00:10 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

but you and he have so much in common! such as pitches

31.10.2025 00:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

as a music theorist, I am always down for some "ta-ta-ti-ti-ta"

26.10.2025 00:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

seeing a lot of ads for CapitalOne, not enough for Capital Vol. 1

25.10.2025 12:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the ballroom thing is so obnoxious and somehow it's one of the least obnoxious things at the moment

23.10.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

is the horse riding a person or another horse

22.10.2025 23:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What could be greater than playing a game of golf with a gator?

~Tennis with a tiger
~Hockey with a hippo
~Soccer with a salamander
~Football with a flamingo
~Croquet with a cricket

22.10.2025 19:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

analysis completed in pen

20.10.2025 16:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

an H chord would be cool though

20.10.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yes! a big jerky tool!!

20.10.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wish! Next year for sure. Prepare yourself for cuteness 2026.

03.10.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reading existentialist texts with a sleeping baby in my arms just hits different.

02.10.2025 17:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

a kid told me I have "long legs and old hair" lol

13.08.2025 01:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0